The work of early pluralist thinkers, from Arthur Bentley to Robert
Dahl, inspired much optimism about democracy. They argued that
democracy was functioning well, despite disagreements arising among
the diversity of interests represented in policy-making processes.
Yet it is unlikely that anyone paying attention to news coverage
today would share such optimism. The media portray current
policy-making processes as intractably polarized, devoid of any
opportunity to move forward and adopt essential policy changes.
This book aims to revive our long-lost sense of optimism about
policy-making and democracy. Through original research into
biotechnology policy-making in North America and Europe, Eric
Montpetit shows that the depiction of policy-making offered by
early pluralist thinkers is not so far off the present reality.
Today's policy decision-making process - complete with disagreement
among the participants - is consistent with what might be expected
in a pluralist society, in sharp contrast with the negative image
projected by the media.
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